by Jan Springer
He shook his head at his puppy-dog thoughts. Man, he was pathetic, wasn’t he? Looking for appreciation from her.
“The storm is going to be nasty.” Blade’s comment ripped Cade back to reality.
He was right. The wind had picked up, driving a thick sheet of ice cold flakes against them. Reena had lifted her cuffed wrists and was rubbing her hands near the fire.
Shit. He’d forgotten he’d made her drop her mittens back on the lake. Her hands would be on the icy side.
“Stand up, Red. Time to tuck you in,” Cade instructed.
Her head snapped up and she glared at him with pure hatred.
“I’m not going anywhere,” she snarled and returned her attention to the fire.
“The lean-to is a hell of a lot warmer. Out here you’ll freeze to death.”
“Out here she’s got me to keep her warm.” Blade chuckled.
Cade grinned as Red cursed a blue streak at Blade. She grabbed her hat from the ground, shook off the snow and slipped the hat onto her head. She stood.
“You’re colder than an iceberg,” she retorted to Blade, then calmly waited for Cade to unlock the chain that secured her ankles to the downed log she’d been sitting on.
“Stand right there,” Cade ordered and quickly unlocked the chain from her ankle cuffs.
To his surprise, she did as he asked and her heavy-lidded eyes had him swallowing at his dry throat as his cock tightened painfully.
Keeping an eye on both of them, he quickly removed his last pair of handcuffs from his belt and tossed them onto Blade’s lap. Cade jerked his gun toward the chain from which he’d just released Red. “You know what to do.”
Blade frowned and shook his head. “You’re making a mistake—“
“Just do it!” His patience was running thin, especially with Reena standing so close and her seductive sweet scent sailing on the wind, teasing his nostrils until he could barely think straight.
Blade shrugged, leaned over and grabbed the chain. He secured one of the cuffs to the end of the chain and the other to his left wrist. The clicks of the cuffs snapping home shot through the air, making Cade sigh in relief. Blade was now locked up tight.
“After you,” Cade instructed Red and swung the rifle toward the lean-to.
She moved into the makeshift shelter where he’d laid out one bear fur as a bed and another as a blanket. It hadn’t been easy carrying all that around in his backpack, but it sure beat freezing while tracking Red.
She slipped off her boots, crawled over the bear rug and covered herself with the second skin.
“Would you at least unshackle my legs? The metal is making me cold,” she said softly, keeping her voice low so only he could hear. She stuck her socked feet out from beneath the fur and Cade caved with compassion. The foot-long length of chain between her legs did look uncomfortable, and so did the cuffs around her ankles.
Damn her. She sure did know how to push his buttons, didn’t she? He never let a bounty go without shackles. It’s why he was always known for catching his man or—in this case—his woman. Hell, he didn’t want her to think he was an iceberg like Blade. He could cuff her to himself tonight, preventing her from escaping. That wouldn’t go over well, though. He may need to move fast in case of company from those hunters or if Blade tried anything.
In his thoughts he was saying no to her, but the rest of him was doing her bidding. Reaching for the keys at his waist, he removed the one for the shackles.
“Maybe you aren’t as stupid as I thought you were, Outlaw. There’s hope for you yet,” she said. To his surprise, she smiled at him, the curves of her luscious lips tilting sweetly upward into what he could only call a sunbeam that wrapped him in warmth.
Oh man, he could drown in that sweet smile.
“Thanks, I appreciate it,” she said in that soft, intriguing voice he loved. He tried not to notice how feminine and clean she appeared as she stuffed her feet beneath the bear skin. Tried to ignore the flare of heat shifting low in his belly and into his balls and cock as she peered up at him with her fuck-me eyes.
Okay man, chill. She had the virus and that’s all he was reading in her eyes. Just the virus.
“I’ll be back soon. I have to get Blade ready for the night.”
She said nothing and snuggled under the fur. He waited until she closed her eyes before he grabbed the ankle restraints and left.
“Are you sure she isn’t going to run?” Blade asked a couple of moments later when Cade joined him by the fire. Obviously he’d seen Cade remove her shackles.
“She’s smart. She won’t run without her boots.” He held them up, and then placed them near the fire sideways with the openings facing the heat.
“She’s domesticated you already.” Blade chuckled as he nodded at the way Cade had set up her boots.
Irritation slammed through Cade. He knew he shouldn’t offer Blade any explanations, but he did anyway. Then maybe Blade would keep his mouth shut.
“They’re damp. She’ll need them dry in the morning.”
“And what about her? You gonna have her nice and dry by morning?”
Cade ignored the sexual innuendo and tossed a couple more pieces of wood on the fire. The son of a bitch was only trying to irritate the shit out of him. It was working.
“You won’t be dry because you’ll be sleeping out here tonight. Make sure you keep that fire going nice and strong or you’ll be doing me a favor when I find you frozen to death.”
Blade chuckled lightly and held up his cuffed wrist.
“Can’t very well keep the fire going with my not being able to move more than a few feet.”
“That’s your problem, isn’t it?” Cade snapped.
“It’ll be your problem when those hunters catch up to us. And if they’ve sniffed out the woman, you can bet they’re going to be up before the crack of dawn and will continue through the snowstorm, and then they’ll see the fire.”
“Then do us all a favor and stay awake and keep the fire small,” Cade growled. He would be staying awake to make damn sure Red didn’t make a run for it. He headed into the darkness to rip some more bark and branches from a nearby dead tree, as well as collect several armloads of wood.
He placed them within Blade’s reach, but Blade’s gaze was fixated on the opening of the lean-to. Another bolt of irritation slammed into him and he returned to the mouth of the shelter. Ensuring Blade couldn’t see the woman, he propped himself on the cold ground right in the doorway, turned his back toward Red and faced the heat of the crackling fire.
If he were smart, he’d shackle her legs again. But when it came to women, he’d never been smart. Why start now?
* * * * *
Reena snuggled deeper under the bear skins, pulling her hat down around her ears, and told herself her trembling had everything to do with the freezing air breathing against her face and nothing to do with the two men sitting just outside the makeshift shelter.
She wasn’t pissed off at being captured, at least not anymore. Not since she’d been able to wiggle her wrists out of the handcuffs beneath the camouflage of the bear skin. Hell, she was an expert at escape, especially getting out of handcuffs. Her wrists were unusually tiny and most handcuffs were designed for men’s wrists. She’d expected better from an Outlaw. It appeared Cade wasn’t as swift as his youngest brother Tyler.
On the other hand, she hadn’t missed that he’d taken her boots. Even if he had left them, she wouldn’t be going anywhere. Not in this storm. She wasn’t stupid. Unlike Will “Blade” Smith who’d been caught.
She’d known Will was an assassin. All the people who worked for SKULL were assassins. She just hadn’t expected Will to actually come here to try to kill her. Especially not after the hot sexcapade they’d shared that one evening.
She’d tried to show Cade she didn’t care if Will wanted her dead, but she did care…and it hurt. Bad. Will came here to assassinate her and that meant she owed Cade for saving her life.
She hated being
in debt to anyone. When she got the chance, she wouldn’t be able to kill Cade. Plus, he was Tyler’s brother and she couldn’t do that to Tyler.
Will, on the other hand, was another story. She just might have to take him out. He was her biggest threat. Both men were threats. She’d seen the erotic gazes on their faces when Will revealed she had the virus.
The heat in their eyes was unmistakable. Men were so predictable, but she’d be lying if she said she hadn’t reacted to those scorching looks.
Arousal shifted through her as she drifted, thinking about the two of them. Of the things they would do to her.
If she let them…
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
She was tense. Needy. Breathing roughly. Her senses alert. Her body on fire.
Just watching the two men, inhaling the powerful pine, delicate soap and male sweat, made arousal sweep through her so strongly she moaned at its intensity.
Blade crawled into the small lean-to first, crouching beside her, his hot fingers scorching her skin as he slipped the bear rug from her body and helped her sit up.
“I have to orgasm,” she panted as intense need writhed through her like a coiled snake.
“I know. Cade and I will help you. Let’s get your coat off.”
Heat wafted off him in waves. She couldn’t wait to taste him. To touch his hard body. Take his cock into her mouth. Into her pussy. Into her ass.
Then there was Cade. She wanted him in a different way than she yearned for Blade. Where she was attracted to Will’s mask of coldness, she was just as intrigued by Cade’s warmth.
Cade smelled like fresh outdoors and freedom. An intoxicatingly delicious combination. He might even be a man she could settle down with.
Reena tried to push away that last idea. She wanted to be the one in charge when it came to Cade. She didn’t know why she wanted to resist him. Resist the strong, overwhelming desires lashing her like a tidal wave. The scorching way he studied her, as if seeking permission to gaze upon her naked flesh, both irritated and aroused her at the same time.
She sensed Cade understood she wanted both of them. She held her breath as his gaze dropped to her naked breasts. He groaned softly and a burn of arousal shifted through her.
He began to undress and it seemed as if she’d waited a lifetime for this moment when they’d only truly met today.
Cade pulled off his jacket, bunched it and laid it down on the bear blanket, meaning for her to use it as her pillow when the time came. Such a chivalrous man. Would he be the same during sex? Just thinking of the hot sex, of having both men wanting her, fucking her, had her creaming with anticipation.
For years she’d cursed the X-virus. Cursed the need for orgasming when the craving became unbearable. But right now, at this moment, she loved the arousal shifting like spears of lightning through her. If she didn’t have the virus, she wouldn’t be able to drop her inhibitions to a man or, in this case, men.
At the soft rustle of clothing being removed, her mind became intensely heavy with lust. Her body twisted tight with desire and she melted into the pulsing throb of arousal. She wanted this. She needed this.
A hot hand touched her shoulder and she hissed at the wicked flame of Cade’s flesh.
She sat on the warm fur in the pale light. Cade and Blade crouched before her. Both were naked, primed and ready to take her, their long, thick erections spearing out from between their thighs, their swollen sacs beneath.
In a split second, she became lost in the dark dance of desire. Reaching out, she curled a hand around each of their cocks. Both men groaned as she gently pulled them toward her.
“Closer,” she moaned, wanting to take both of their cocks into her mouth at the same time, knowing it was impossible. They were too big together. Their hot flesh throbbed in her palms. Their heated lengths pulsed against her fingers. Cade was just a bit thicker than Will. Will just a bit longer than Cade, but Cade was catching up fast as his shaft continued to harden and lengthen.
Truthfully, she had never expected to see Will again. Had never expected an Outlaw to capture her.
Yet a small section of her heart sang with joy at these two men being here. A joy she didn’t quite understand since they were both a danger to her.
Nonetheless, instinctively she knew if these two men had been anyone other than Cade and Will, she wouldn’t be bursting with joy.
No, they wouldn’t hurt her. Not physically. Sexually, though. Yes, sexually they would hurt her nicely. She would welcome the pleasure-pain because with two big cocks like these, there was going to be both.
She decided to take Cade first. It would melt the guilt she’d seen earlier flashing on his face. Guilt that he wasn’t sure he was doing the right thing by fucking her this way despite wanting her.
She pulled on Cade’s cock some more, urging him forward. Opening her mouth, she covered his flared cock head with her lips.
He groaned. The erotic sound smoothed over her senses. She took him deeper, his hard, velvet cock filling her mouth.
God, she should be embarrassed or nervous, shouldn’t she? Taking a man she’d only just met into her mouth? But she was neither. She wanted him. Wanted both of them. This was the stuff of her fantasies. And she needed an orgasm tonight. Needed it bad.
Strong masculine fingers pried her grasp free from Blade’s cock. Disappointment zipped through her at the loss. She quickly recovered as Blade’s hot hands curled over her bare shoulders, urging her to lean back against the fallen log Cade had used to build the lean-to.
Cade moved with her, his cock impaling her mouth as he placed his feet on both sides of her hips. Looking up at him, her pulse thundered as he gazed down at her. Lust sparkled brilliantly in his eyes. She could imagine how she appeared to him. A naked woman, sitting on a bear skin, her back pressed against a log with his cock stuffed nicely between her lips.
Her tummy tightened erotically. She liked how she appeared to him.
“Reena, keep sucking,” he whispered, his voice urgent.
Lifting her hands, she curled them around his backside and grabbed his ass cheeks. They were rock-hard muscle and molten hot. Holding tight, she sucked his shaft. He growled his appreciation and thrust his fingers through her hair, holding her head steady.
She licked the head of his cock and prodded the slit and, from her crazy angle between his legs, she saw his eyes darken. As he moaned, she answered with a groan of her own, imagining his cock sliding into her vagina.
He jerked his hips, bringing his cock deeper into her mouth. Her lips stretched over his hot flesh and his penis throbbed against her tongue. She sucked again and his ragged breath hitched and released.
He liked this.
His eyes fluttered closed. While she rubbed her tongue back and forth in a leisurely pattern under his cock head, his breath grew harder and raspier. In her momentary concentration on Cade, she’d forgotten about Blade. That is, until his hot fingers curled around her ankles and he spread her legs.
God! She shivered with excitement, thinking about the night he’d dropped onto his knees between her thighs and taken her pussy into his mouth. The fierce arousal in his eyes when she’d come had made her believe he could give her so much more. She wondered if tonight he possessed that same look. Wondered if he would leave her wanting again.
She almost came just thinking about him gazing between her thighs. She jolted as Blade’s fingers slid between her labia. Her mouth tightened around Cade’s flesh as Blade’s shoulders widened her legs and he wiggled between them. She whimpered when he began an erotic massage on her clit. His thumb leisurely, seductively killed her with sweet, brutal pleasure.
Cade’s hands tightened their hold in her hair and pleasure-pain zipped along her scalp, making her focus her attention back on him. The velvety smoothness of his shaft and elevated veins pressed past her lips. His flesh was heavy in her mouth. Heavy and swollen and hard. And so wonderfully hot.
He began a steady, magnificent plunging with determined, powerful thrusts.
She whimpered in protest. Her breasts were throbbing. Her nipples ached. Yet no one touched her there.
Her pussy steamed with a need to orgasm. A need to be penetrated. And with Cade’s cock in her mouth, his sensual thrusts and sexy moans of arousal just about drove her insane.
When Blade’s warm, firm lips melted over her pussy, shock and pleasure released the wildness within. She didn’t expect the fierceness of the orgasm that cascaded through her. It swept the breath from her lungs and all she could do was buck her hips and allow the exquisite explosions to slam into her.
Quickly, he removed his mouth and thrust a couple of fingers into her.
Carnal urges smashed her mind and pleasure racked her. Colors melted with emotions. The climax streamed endlessly, leaving her panting and weak and utterly satisfied.
She’d never experienced such jolts of pleasure. Never knew something so exquisite existed. As she lay gasping around Cade’s cock, her pussy spasming with moistness, delightful tingles shivered through her over the sensual rhythm of Cade’s thrusts and Will’s erotic plunging. The combination swept her into another orgasm.
She tasted pre-come. Dark and delicious. And then Cade’s straining flesh tightened and jerked. His hands held the sides of her head and then promptly loosened. To her disappointment, he let go, his cock slipping from her eager lips.
She cried out in protest. Tried to open her eyes, but couldn’t. Her eyelids were too heavy.
“Turn her on her side. We’ll take her that way.”
That was Blade speaking. Calm and authoritative. Hands smoothed over her waist, lifted her and brought her onto her side. She whimpered as the cravings for more sex pulsed through her like a drug.
“She knows what’s happening, doesn’t she?” Cade’s voice. Troubled. Concerned. Aroused.
